`Wherever the evidence leads we go’ – Rodney inquiry Chair

From left are Senior Counsel Seenath Jairam from Trinidad and Tobago; Barbadian attorney, Queen’s Counsel, and Chairperson, Sir Richard Cheltenham and Queen’s Counsel Jacqueline Samuels-Brown from Jamaica at the press conference. (GINA photo)

Sir Richard Cheltenham, Chairman of the Dr Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry (CoI) said yesterday wherever the evidence in the inquiry leads, the commissioners will go.

He also disclosed at a press conference at the Supreme Court that a key witness in the events, Donald Rodney, the brother of the slain Dr Rodney, has signalled that he will be testifying.

Addressing concerns that would-be witnesses might have, Sir Richard said that “no one needs at all to have any fears whatsoever about coming forward and testifying.” He noted that the last provision of the Terms of Reference (TOR) exempts all those who might have been involved in Dr Rodney’s death from